Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.

Karen Thompson Walker
- Life
- Up
- Time
I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson
- Money
- Help
- Mother
River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.

Zach Galligan
- Up
- Friends
- Struggle
You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.

Daisy Fuentes
- Attention
- Study
- Waiting
The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

Otto Schily
- World
- Feel
- Hatred
I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

Kanye West
- People
- Music
- Important